South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-07-08
THEINTELLIGENCER
FRIDAY. JULY s. 1857.
Topfcai Points.

rhe Mercantile Agenc7 of r. G..
Dun & Co. reports that for the frat
half % 1897 the fsilure in the Uai,ed
States were 4,9i2. compared with s.
l56 for the same period in the pre-
vious year. For the last half We ar
the liabilities were S55.!3S 900, as
against $50. 434. 900 for the first half
OF the year 1886
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Jefferson Davis, in a le ter to the
Baltimore Suo coacern;ng the recent
flag .inci'en,. among other ,things,
said: Cur men fought for princi-
pie, a'd that they have not surren.
dered. hu, rather hopelessly lived to
sec tue good sonse Of the Northern
men revert to tie teachings Of their
s!res and re-establish the government
ccording 10 decentralization on which
it. was founded. That is the only
victory which would be to them and
their children thing 10 be priced
and g!orifed.'
MS
The New York Bnlletin mentions
the following important Fire .Insur-
ance decision. j. sued TO recover
upon his fire policy. and the company
SET up he defense that he had lirel
his property with intent TO defraud
the company. Upon the trial the
court charged, n. the request Of The
p'aimliT, hat as this defense, in CO
fec, wa charge OF arson, t must
he established. as crime CHARGED
must be established, beyond a rea-
sonable DOUBT. The plaintiff had
verdict AMI ju 'gment, but the de'en-
liant appealed t. the Supreme Court
# Indiana; AMI there the ctsc was
crersei.
IHE Baltimore Sua presen' to each
Of its subscribers this week fac
s;miie &c the original document Of
the Declaration of Independence, in
The Handwriting OF Thomas Jefferson
It's a memento.of great historical
interest. and ~of.hv of the most care.
full preservation. In presenting our
thanks to The publisher. Messrs A.
). Abel 81 Co.. FOR the co. Y sent Us,
we sincerely trust that as long "a the
Declaration OF independence shall be
rea in this broad land, rs long as
the Fourth Of July, with rs attendant
patriotic celebrations, sh all come and
go. the Sun may cpntinne to SIZED its
light for al, ana in inf renee and cir.
culation be founi increasing.
~
Two articles in the Keyser Echo
last week surprised us. The first is
the publication of u letter purporiins
to he from JeffJrson Davis, In which
lie is made IN say Il at the figs cap.
tnr:d by u 5. troops do ing the late
war TO not belong to the government,
bat 20 tie S ases by whose forces
they were taken. Now, this letter
was 'e'egraphed al over The country
early la't week, but WAS denounced
by Pre- idrnt Davis as a forgery pure
q simple in time for IL Il t,e taken out
Of our last issue and distributed be-
Tore We vent 10 press, and as lLe Echo
a'so CONES out On Fridav. we are
forced 10 the conclusion that il is eli.
Their misorably behind the times, or
else published that bogus letter for
no other r3ason than to have q pre-.
tense for making an attack on that
grand oil man, J II rson Davis. The
second Is The following: I'm cUnfor-
nifty with the timo-honorei custom
Of this State, no paper will be issued
from this Ollie mex, week."
Truly. one must g tway from
homo 10 hear the news. The editor
doubt ess wro'e from Yankeedom
whence he came. These Radical
papers lave to he wfchoi. or they
will iEstill into The minds Of tho Ii,-
ing generation some very misleod
ing,not 90 say dangerous, ilcas ab ,ut
Democrats aud Southern people.
rs
a STATEMENT just issued by the
bureau Of S.ati.lics gives me inter-
eslipg textures OF the workings OF the
year which ends with this month.
As everybody kcow'y the Govern
ment's year ends and begins Just In
the middle Of The copies year. This
seems q little old bit Il has been
found advisable 10 the practical work.
ings Of tic Governments machinery.
Congress, when 1t mce's In Decem-
her, na'urally wants TO know some
lhiug about the workings ~ tho Go